ZIP 17109 recorded 138 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,387 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dauphin County, PA.
1,387 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 335 | |
| 2023 | 331 | |
| 2024 | 344 | |
| 2025 | 138 |
Oct peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17109 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 332 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 290 | 20.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 110 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 82 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 81 | 5.8% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17109 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 28 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 27 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 14 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 76 | 29.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 157 | 59.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 18 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17109 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3783% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $289,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $103,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $65,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $53,300 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17109.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrisburg | 240 | |
| 2 | Lower Paxton | 4 | |
| 3 | Colonial Park | 2 | |
| 4 | Paxtang | 2 | |
| 5 | Progress | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,387 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.